AN ACT
To transfer certain transmission lines, substations, appurtenances, and equipment in connection with the sale and disposition
of electric energy generated at the Fort Peck project, Montana, and for other purposes.
Section 2 | 3

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in aid of the administration of the Fort Peck project; there is hereby granted to the United States, for use by the
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Bureau"), in the discharge of its duties pursuant to the Act of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403), the electric-transmission lines, substations, rights-of-way,
and other property described in section 7 of that certain permit and memorandum of understanding, dated November 2, 1945,
between the Bureau and the Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Indian Office"):
Provided, however, That the Bureau shall continue to furnish electric service for the uses and purposes of the Indian Office on the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation, pursuant to the terms and conditions of said permit and memorandum

of understanding, except as the same may be modified by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 2.

That the amount of money to be paid for said property shall be $58,577.52, or so much thereof as the Secretary of the Interior
shall determine to be needed pursuant to the provisions of said permit and memorandum of understanding. Such sum shall be
paid, from funds now or hereafter made available to the Department of the Interior for the construction of transmission lines
and substations of the Fort Peck project, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who shall deposit such sum in the Treasury
of the United States as a credit on expenditures made for irrigation and power construction on the Fort Peck Indian irrigation
project.

SEC. 3.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any
and all acts as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of
this Act.